George Washington Papers

General Orders, 7 June 1781

General Orders

Head Quarters New Windsor Thursday June 7. 1781.

Parole. Countersigns.

Troy Lee a soldier in the 5th Massachusett’s regiment tried 5th June 1781 by a General court martial whereof Lieutenant Colonel Badlam was president for “repeated Desertion, changing his name and inlisting into the Hampshire line,” was found Guilty and sentenced to suffer Death.1

The Commander in Chief approves the sentence.

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. For the transmittal of these court-martial proceedings, see GW to Robert Howe, 8 June.

Troy Lee (d. 1781) of Manchester, Mass., enlisted as a private in the 5th Massachusetts Regiment in February 1777 and subsequently transferred to the invalid corps at Boston. He deserted on 1 March 1779 (see DNA: RG 93, Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War).

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    General Orders, 7 June 1781
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    “General Orders, 7 June 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-32-02-0279. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 32, 6 May–4 July 1781, ed. William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023, p. 370.]